All three tanks were motorised, built from 1/25th scale Tamiya Chieftain tank model kits. The tanks are built over a wooden platform attached to the Tamiya tank base. The designs, especially of one, is clearly inspired by the tracked lunar reconnaissance tank from Hergé's Tintin adventure Explorers of the Moon (1952). Two of the tanks have transparent bubble domes for the driver (like in Tintin), while one has Eagle-like inset windows for two drivers.

Real-life Chieftain variants have been produced which feature the same basic chassis and hull, some without the gun turret/armour, but fitted with specialised equipment such as a bulldozer or a towing crane. Similarly, the laser tanks are presumably dual purpose defence and construction vehicles used to build and maintain Moonbase Alpha.

One of the laser tanks can just be seen on the right in this shot from Space Warp